Quotes by William Shakespeare

How many ages hence
Shall this our lofty scene be acted over
In states unborn and accents yet unknown!
"Julius Caesar", Act 3 scene 1

For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men.
"Julius Caesar", Act 3 scene 2

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones.
"Julius Caesar", Act 3 scene 2

There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
"Julius Caesar", Act 4 scene 3

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
"Julius Caesar", Act II Scene 2

If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work.
"King Henry IV Part I", Act 1 scene 2

He hath eaten me out of house and home.
"King Henry IV Part II", Act 2 scene 1

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
"King Henry IV Part II", Act 2 scene 1

In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility;
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger:
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.
"King Henry V", Act 3 scene 1

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,
Or close the wall up with our English dead!
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility;
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger:
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.
"King Henry V", Act 3 scene 1

There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things.
"King Henry V", Act 5 scene 1

The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day
Is crept into the bosom of the sea.
"King Henry VI Part II", Act 4 scene 1
And many strokes, though with a little axe,
Hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak.
"King Henry VI Part III", Act 2 scene 1

'T is better to be lowly born,
And range with humble livers in content,
Than to be perked up in a glistering grief,
And wear a golden sorrow.
"King Henry VIII", Act 2 scene 3

Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
"King John", Act 3 scene 4

This England never did, nor never shall,
Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.
"King John", Act 5 scene 7

Although the last, not least.
"King Lear", Act 1 scene 1

Nothing will come of nothing.
"King Lear", Act 1 scene 1

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child!
"King Lear", Act 1 scene 4

Oh, that way madness lies; let me shun that.
"King Lear", Act 3 scene 4

The worst is not
So long as we can say, "This is the worst."
"King Lear", Act 4 scene 1